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Žarko Dolinar (3 July 1920 – 9 March 2003) was a Croatian biologist and table tennis player who won eight medals at the World Table Tennis Championships. He was born in a family of Slovene economic immigrants to Croatia. In 1939, at the age of 18 he became the national champion of
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. Dolinar was champion of the
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multiple times, and also competed for its national team on nine occasions. He also won three English Open titles. Dolinar is one of few world sporting champions with a Ph.D. degree. He graduated from the
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in 1949, and received a doctorate in 1959. He was world doubles champion with his partner, Vilim Harangozo. Dolinar was also head of the Sports Science Committee for the
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(ITTF). A university professor in both
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and
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, Dolinar and his brother Boris were honored as the
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for saving Jews during
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. On a number of occasions, the Dolinar brothers provided Jews with forged identity documents and travel permits, used their connections to have them released from imprisonment, and helped them travel to safety. In 2016, Dolinar was inducted into the European Table Tennis Hall of Fame.


See also

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References


External links


ŽIVLJENJEPISI SLOVENCEV V HRVAŠKEM ŠPORTU
slovenci-zagreb.hr (2014). pp. 119–122
About Žarko Dolinar on Yad Vashem's Website


(in Croatian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dolinar, Zarko 1920 births 2003 deaths Croatian people of Slovenian descent Croatian male table tennis players Croatian Righteous Among the Nations Croatian biologists Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb alumni Academic staff of the University of Zagreb Academic staff of the University of Basel Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery Sportspeople from Koprivnica World Table Tennis Championships medalists Yugoslav biologists Yugoslav academics Yugoslav table tennis players